TAMRON | 60 PHOTOGRAPHERS

Alao Yokogi

Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1949, Yokogi graduated from the Photography Department of Nihon University College of Art. After a stint as a photographer's assistant, he began his freelance career in 1975, and has been taking photos... Read More
Atsushi Yamada

Yamada went to Australia in 1995 and began taking photographs of people he saw on the streets. Back in Japan, he began a career as a freelance photographer, and he now works for a wide range of industries including advertising... Read More
Bon Ishikawa

Ishikawa was born in 1960. After serving as a staff photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP), he began working independently as a freelance photographer. His photography collection The Last Whale Hunters won him the Kodansha Publishing... Read More
Etsuko Enami

Enami was born in Kyoto. Always being grateful of "only once in the life" encounters, she continues to capture, with an agile viewpoint, a wide range of subjects from people, nature, customs and the issue of aging population.... Read More
hana

Born in Tokyo, hana graduated from Gakushuin University. She shoots scenes in both her neighborhood and travel designations in a similar manner, as she defines a local neighborhood as the place one most prefers to be, and as such,... Read More
Herbie Yamaguchi

Born in Tokyo in 1950, Yamaguchi lay down the foundation to his career as a photographer during his decade-long stay in London since 1973. The clean, elegant style found in his snap photographs of prominent artists as well as people... Read More
Hideo Nishihira

Nishihira, born in 1948, writes many articles particularly on the subjects of cameras and interchangeable lenses. He considers taking photographs of Japan's traditional art forms, particularly those related to Kagura... Read More
Hideyuki Abe

Born in Tokyo, Abe graduated from the Department of Photography of the Tokyo Polytechnic University, Junior College Division. After a stint at working in the advertisement department of Tamron, he began his career as a freelance... Read More
Izumi Hirota

Hirota was born in Tokyo in 1969. He photographs today's railroads and trains running across the country and shows them in exhibitions and books, and at the same time actively works on sharing the joys of photography through various events... Read More
Katsu Aoki

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1944, Aoki graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography. He worked for a newspaper company and later launched his career as a freelance photographer. In 1970, he became a contract photographer... Read More
Katsuhito Nakazato

Born in Mie Prefecture in 1956, Nakazato graduated from Hosei University Faculty of Letters, Department of Geography. He proposes the concept of "landscape borders," a method of taking a topographical approach to interpreting... Read More
Katsuyoshi Tsuchiya

Born in Tsukiji, Tokyo on April 1, 1963, Tsuchiya graduated from Nakano Senior High School Attached to Meiji University in 1981 and entered the Junior College Division of Tokyo Polytechnic University (formerly Tokyo College of Photography)... Read More
Kazushi Momoi

Born in Kyoto in 1968, Momoi studied under Kenji Nagatomo. He began working independently in 1990 and has been contributing his photographs to various magazines and catalogues. He also actively works in such a wide variety as writing... Read More
Kazuyuki Okajima

Born in Fukuoka City in 1967, Kazuyuki Okajima graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography (current name: Tokyo Visual Arts). After working as a studio assistant and photographer's assistant, he became a freelance photographer... Read More
Keiichi Kimura

Born in Tokyo in 1935, Kimura graduated from the Photography Department of Nihon University College of Art in 1958 and apprenticed under Yoshio Watanabe. He later began working as a freelance photographer and found success... Read More
Keiko Niimi

Born in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture in January 1962, Niimi is a photographer that specializes in cats and dogs. She worked at a post office but later took the job of television production, where she learned photography and filmmaking... Read More
Keisuke Kumakiri

Born in Tokyo in 1934, Kumakiri graduated from Nihon University College of Art Department of Photography and currently takes journalism photographs. He has written Ikenami Shotaro no Rizumu (Shotaro Ikenami's Rhythm) and... Read More
Kenichi Komatsu

Komatsu was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1953 and grew up in Gunma Prefecture. After completing the postgraduate course at the Gendai Shashin Kenkyujo (Institute of Contemporary Photography), he worked as a newspaper reporter... Read More
Kenichi Shindo

Born in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1943, Shindo joined Kyodo News in 1964 and traveled around Japan and overseas as a news photographer. He has captured a wide range of images including the imprisoned Sadamichi Hirasawa who had been ... Read More
Kimio Tanaka

Born in Kyoto City, Tanaka began his career as a freelance photographer soon after graduating from the photography department at Tama Geijutsu Gakuen (Tama School of Art), Tama Art University. His subjects and fields are... Read More
Kohji Suwa

Born in Tokyo in 1968, Suwa dropped out of the Nihon University College of Art. He is a member of the Japan Advertising Photographers' Association (APA). He serves as the director of LIGHT PARTY Inc. and directs Project Sharyu... Read More
Koichi Akagi

Born in Tokyo in 1961, Akagi graduated from Department of Photography at Tokyo Polytechnic University Junior College Division. In addition to shooting photographs for editorials and advertisements, he also contributes articles... Read More
Koichi Saito

Born in Tokyo in 1935, Saito graduated from Nihon University College of Art Department of Photography, after which he became a freelance photographer. He has contributed numerous portraits and reportage to publications and other... Read More
Kyosuke Aono

Aono graduated from the present Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University in 1961 and received his veterinary license. He became a freelance photographer in 1967, and has been focusing on the theme of "creation of nature... Read More
Maki Kawai

Kawai is a photographer known for her colors. Her strengths lie in her unique chromatic expression and refreshing and soft images, and she is able to shoot a wide range of subjects, from flower scenes and animals which are her... Read More
Masako Imaoka

Imaoka was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Her works center around everyday lives of people in Asia, Islamic regions, and disaster areas. "Rebirth" has been her main theme recently. She has won, among others, the Higashikawa Prize... Read More
Mitsugu Ohnishi

Ohnishi was born in Tokyo in 1952. He won the Taiyo Award in 1985 with Kako no Machi (Town of Kako) and the Kimura Ihei Award in 1994 with Toi Natsu (Faraway Summer) and other works. He is a part-time lecturer at Tokyo College... Read More
Mitsuru Mizutani

Born in Tokyo in 1959, Mizutani studied under photographers Ryuichi Okano and Kunihiro Shinohara. He began his freelance career in 1985 and has been working in the areas of advertising and editorial, among others... Read More
Naomi Yano

Yano is a photojournalist who takes photos and writes essays as she travels. She writes serialized articles for several magazines and often appears in the media. Her photography collection includes Kisha Tsugaku (Commuting to School by Train)... Read More
Naotaka Hirota

Born in Tokyo in 1935, Hirota has loved trains ever since he was a toddler. He used a camera for the first time in his third year of junior high school and from then on, he has been taking photographs of trains for 61 years. His recent photo... Read More
Naoyuki Toyoda

Born in Yokohama in 1959, Toyoda studied fish behavior at the Tokyo University of Fisheries (now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology). After graduation, he learned underwater photography under the guidance... Read More
Ryo Ohwada

Born in Sendai City in 1978, Ohwada graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University Graduate School of Arts, Media Art Course. Since being selected as one of "50 photographers of tomorrow" by the Musée de l'Elysée in Switzerland... Read More
Satoru Watanabe

Watanabe was born in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture in 1961. After graduating from Nihon University College of Art Department of Photography, he joined the Nikkan Sports News. He later left this company to pursue his career... Read More
Seiichi Uozumi

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1963, Uozumi was a member of an Indies rock band during his high school years. He encountered the works of Ansel Adams while in Los Angeles, and began taking landscape photos. He repeatedly traveled... Read More
Seiya Nakai

Nakai was born in Tokyo in 1967. Through his own unique viewpoint, he shoots not only trains but anything related to railroads. He contributes his work to advertisements and magazines, and also gives lectures and makes TV appearances. He loves sweets.
Shigeru Yoshida

Yoshida was born in Tokyo in 1958. He takes photographs mainly for advertisements and magazines. Around 1990, he began photographing large trees, forests, and other natural settings all over the world. He has published many books... Read More
Shin Yoshino

Born in 1943, Yoshino graduated from Kuwasawa Design School, Living Design Department. After working at a photo agency, he began his career as a freelance photographer in 1972, and has been capturing images of nature and... Read More
Shinichi Eguchi

Born in Kyoto in 1953, Eguchi graduated from the Department of Design, the Faculty of Art at Aichi Prefecture University of Fine Arts and Music. After spending about a decade as a corporate employee, he launched his career as a freelance... Read More
Shinya Arimoto

Born in Osaka in 1971, Arimoto graduated from the Visual Arts College, Osaka, after which he traveled to photograph the cultural regions of Tibet. With Portraits of Tibet, he won the 35th Taiyo Award. He established... Read More
Shirou Hagihara

Born in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture in 1959, Hagihara graduated from Nihon University. He worked on the launch of the Quarterly (now Bimonthly) Fukei Shashin (Landscape Photography) magazine published by... Read More
Taichi Kozawa

Born in Nagoya in 1975, Kozawa graduated from the Department of Photography of Nihon University College of Art, worked as an assistant to a photographer, and then launched his freelance career. Portraits are central to his photography... Read More
Takahito Mizutani

Born in Tokyo in 1968, Mizutani went to France upon graduating from Tokyo College of Photography. During his three-year stay in Europe, he covered various sporting events such as those related to the Winter Olympics, motor sports, winter sports... Read More
Takashi Homma

Homma won the 24th Kimura Ihei Award with his 1999 TOKYO SUBURBIA. His exhibition New Documentary has been on tour since January 2011. It has shown in Kanazawa and Tokyo, and is scheduled to show at... Read More
Takashi Namiki

Namiki became a freelance photographer after dropping out of Tokyo Photography School (now Tokyo Visual Arts). He shows his photography and writes for various magazines, and teaches at Canon EOS Academy and... Read More
Takashi Shikano

Born in Tokyo in 1974, Shikano is a graduate of Tama Art University, and after experiencing several different jobs, is now working as a photographer. One of the exhibitions he has held is Beijingscape (at epSITE Gallery), and his... Read More
Takayuki Maekawa

Born in Tokyo in 1969, Maekawa began working under Kojo Tanaka in 1997, and started his freelance career as a wildlife photographer in 2000. He continues to produce photographs depicting the world of wild animals mainly in Japan, North America and Africa.
Takehiko Nakafuji

Born in Tokyo in 1970, Nakafuji left the Faculty of Letters at the Waseda University and instead, graduated from Tokyo Visual Arts. While working as the director of Gallery Niépce, he continues to take and show his photos which... Read More
Takeshi Fukazawa

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1974, Fukazawa graduated from Faculty of Engineering of Tokyo University of Science. During his university days, he began hiking in mountains and taking landscape photographs. Today, he mainly... Read More
Takeyoshi Tanuma

Born in Tokyo in 1929, Tanuma graduated from Tokyo Professional School of Photographic Industry and joined Sun News Photos in 1949. He apprenticed himself to Ihei Kimura, and after working as a contract photographer for... Read More
Takuya Tsukahara

Born in Tokyo in 1937, Tsukahara graduated from the Photography Department of Nihon University College of Art. In 1974, through an invitation by photographer Ansel Adams, he held an exhibition One Certain World at... Read More
Tatsuo Hata

Hata was born in Nagano Prefecture in 1970. After a stint at an automobile distributor, he worked as an assistant to photographer Toshinobu Takeuchi, and then began his freelance career. In Japan, he focuses on the theme... Read More
Terauchi Masato

Born in Toyama Prefecture, Terauchi worked at Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing, after which he became a freelance photographer in 1991. He is known for his photographs of landscapes that make the viewers want to go there... Read More
Tetsu Iida

Iida was born in Kitasenju, Tokyo in 1948. Since around 1970, he has been recording changes in cityscapes mainly in Tokyo, and also capturing various lifestyles of common people around places such as town factories and public baths... Read More
Tetsuro Shimizu

Born in 1975 Yokohama-City, Japan. After graduation from Nippon Photography Institute, he worked as an assistant to Scenery Photographer - Toshinobu Takeuchi for 3 years.At the age of 23, he became a freelance photographer... Read More
Tomohiro Fujii

Born in Tokyo in 1968, Fujii graduated from the Department of Photography of Tokyo Polytechnic University, Junior College Division. After holding a photography exhibition at the Konica Plaza in 1996, he began his career as a freelance... Read More
Yoichi Sone

Born in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture in 1953, Sone was a member of the third class to graduate, in 1976, from the Daido Moriyama's course at the Workshop Photography School. After working as an assistant... Read More
Yoshiaki Kobayashi

Kobayashi was born in Tokyo in 1969. He photographs a wide range of subjects, including small sections of nature such as flowers and insects, as well as landscapes and wildlife. He has moved to the eastern part of Hokkaido... Read More
Yoshichika Ishii

Born in Yokohama in 1967, Ishii graduated from the Tokyo Professional School of Photography and made his debut as a nature photographer in 2000. He contributes his work, whose main focus is of small views of nature found... Read More
Yoshie Sato

Yoshie Sato is a photographer who travels around the world to capture lights and shadows. She graduated from Joshibi Junior College of Art and Design. She is a member of Japan Professional Photographers Society and the... Read More
Yoshitaka Nakatani

Born in Hiroshima in 1937, Nakatani graduated from the Tokyo Junior College of Photography (current Tokyo Polytechnic University). After working in the photography department of the Tokyo Shimbun, he launched... Read More

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